Improvement in plate-holder



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JorrN OARLIN, or` NEW YoRKfNfr;

Leners Patent No. 98,923, dazed January 1s, 1ero.

Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part 0f the same To allwho-m it may concern:

Be it known that L-JOHN GARLIN, of ,N ew Yorkcity, in the county o f New York, and State of New York, have invented a new commodity; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom'- panyiog drawings, and to the letters of reference.

marked thereon.

The nature of my invention'consistsV cfa round sal-r ver vithout a brim, oi' any metal, as silver, Britannia, or japanned metal, and ofany size, and of any depth, with three circular rounded grooves, iiveseighths of-'an inch wide, and three-eighths of an inch deep, at th'e bottom of the plate-holder, and a handleof the same metal, and somewhat thicker than the salver, more or less than one inch Wide, and from one inch to two inches long, and projecting from the border of the plate-holder, and turning up in a curve corresponding with the shape of the human thumb.

The grooves'are made expressly to allow the falling in of the base ridges of the plates, saucers, cups, bowls, and the like, in order to keep the plates, &e`., steady in standing; and the handle is thus shaped expressly to give arm and easy position to the thumb in pressing against it, While the palm and ngersare sustain-l ing the base of the platefholder. Y

The object of the said plateholder is to benefit per- -V sons sitting orstandng away from the table, by hold-v ing their plates, or anything else containing-eatables or beverages, and to catch the food, refreshment, or

beverage thathappens to slip oli" the plate or cup, thus Y protecting the holders dress.

Besides. what is already held in, this commodity also enables the holder to place within its limits any eatahles, such as bread, cakes, pastries, 85e.

What I claim as my improvement, as an article of v manufacture, is-

The plate-holder, with grooves, A, of diierent diam;l

eters, and thehandle B, all from one piece of metal, as shown and described.

Witnesses.:

NATHAN O.- Enr, aWM. H. RLBLET.

JOHN CAIRLIN.- y 

